''Fado em Mim'' is the debut

studio album An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as Digital distribution#Music, digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early ...

of Portuguese

fado Fado (; "destiny, fate") is a music genre that can be traced to the 1820s in Lisbon, Portugal, but probably has much earlier origins. Fado historian and scholar Rui Vieira Nery states that "the only reliable information on the history of fado was ...

singer

Mariza Marisa dos Reis Nunes ComIH (born 16 December 1973), known professionally as Mariza (), is a Portuguese fado singer. Mariza was born in Lourenço Marques, Portuguese Mozambique, to a Portuguese father, José Brandão Nunes, and a Mozambican mo ...

, released in April 2002 by Dutch label World Connection. Later on a special collectors edition was released containing an additional CD with 8 live tracks recorded at the WOMAD 2002.

Release

Released in 2002, ''Fado em Mim'' is Mariza's debut studio album. Initially rejected by Portuguese labels, who were uneasy to work with an unproven artist, the album was picked up by Dutch label World Connection. The album was later released in 32 countries.

Reception

In January 2004, Mariza was awarded the

European Border Breakers Award The European Border Breakers Award (EBBA) was an annual prize awarded to recognise the success of ten emerging artists or groups who reached audiences outside their own countries with their first internationally released album in the past year. ...

, for the international sales of ''Fado em Mim''.

Track listing

Personnel

*Mariza – Vocals *Custódio Castelo –

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*Jorge Fernando – Classic Guitar/Viola *António Neto – Classic Guitar/Viola ("Poetas" & "Ó Gente da Minha Terra") *Marino Freitas – Acoustic Bass *Ricardo Cruz – Acoustic Bass ("Ó Gente da Minha Terra" & "Oiça Lá Ó Senhor Vinho), Double Bass ("Poetas" & "Por Ti") *Tiago Machado – Piano ("Poetas" & "Ó Gente da Minha Terra" idden track *Dalú – Percussion ("Barco Negro") *Davide Zaccaria – Cello ("Há Festa Na Mouraria") *Fernando Nunes – Engineering *Jorge Fernando, Tiago Machado – Production and Arrangement *João Pedro Ruela, Albert Nijimolen – Executive Production

References

{{Authority control 2002 debut albums Mariza albums European Border Breakers Award-winning albums